Foreword: (Carl Carmer) Ever since I, aged eight, held a bamboo pole, string and hook attached, over a curtained aperture at a Sunday School bazaar, and was rewarded by a dangling leather-bound copy of Thomas Moore's Lalla Rookh, I have been an outspoken foe of fishpond and grab-bag methods of delivering reading to readers.

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In nearly any library you will find a librarian whose obligation and pleasure it will be to help you find and consult the book you need.